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GREGORIO DEL PILAR frigates (1967-1968/2011-2016)

Gregorio del Pilar 2015

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Gregorio del Pilar (ex-Hamilton) FF15   Avondale SY, Westwego, USA 23.11.1965 18.12.1965 20.2.1967 // 13.5.2011 in service (2019)
Ramon Alcazar (ex-Dallas) FF16   Avondale SY, Westwego, USA 7.2.1966 1.10.1966 1.10.1967 // 22.5.2012 in service (2019)
Andrés Bonifacio (ex-Boutwell) FF17   Avondale SY, Westwego, USA 12.12.1966 17.6.1967 14.6.1968 // 22.7.2016 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2716

Displacement full, t

3050

Length, m

106.7 wl 115.4 oa

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

6.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 Pratt & Whitney FT4A6 gas turbines / 2 Fairbank Morse 38TD81/8 diesels

Power, h. p.

36000 / 7000

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

diesel oil 800

Endurance, nm(kts)

14000(11)

Armament

FF15, 17: 1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (BO-105 or AW-109)

FF16: 1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 2 x 1 - 25/87 Mk 38 Bushmaster, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (BO-105 or AW-109)

Electronic equipment

SPS-73, SPS-64(v)6, Mk 92 radars, WLR-1H(v)5, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x SRBOC Mk 36 decoy RL, SCCS CCS

Complement

90

 

Project history: USCG Hamilton class cutters, transferred without SPS-40B radar, Phalanx and ASW equipment.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Gregorio del Pilar ran aground 29.8.2018 at Hasa Hasa Shoal off Palawan, salvaged 3.9.2018 and towed for repair.

Ramon Alcazar 2014

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